Obama Ordered U.S. Military Strike on Yemen Terrorists

Brian Ross et al

On orders from President Barack Obama, the U.S. military launched cruise
missiles early Thursday against two suspected al-Qaeda sites in Yemen,
administration officials told ABC News in a report broadcast on ABC World
News with Charles Gibson.

One of the targeted sites was a suspected al Qaeda training camp north of
the capitol, Sanaa, and the second target was a location where officials
said "an imminent attack against a U.S. asset was being planned."

The Yemen attacks by the U.S. military represent a major escalation of the
Obama administration's campaign against al Qaeda. . . .